monhang

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃ˈɲãŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ãŋ
  • Hyphenation: mo‧nhang

Verb

monhang (first-person singular active indicative aîmonhang, first-person singular negative active indicative n'aîmonhangi, noun monhanga) (transitive)

  1. to make (to create)
  2. to make (to cause to)
  3. to make (to perform)
  4. to make (to behave, to act)
    Synonym: ikó
  5. to utter; to declare
  6. to transform; to make into [with -ramo]
    Synonym: apó
  7. to scheme; to conspire; to engineer
  8. to model (to create from a substance)

Usage notes

In old texts, monhang and apó were commonly treated as synonyms. As these were written by Jesuits, it's unkown if native speakers used both verbs indiscriminately.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • emimonhanga
  • i monhangymbyra
  • monhangaba
  • monhangara

Descendants

  • Nheengatu: munhã

References